Watch shock moment pro boxer Antonio Barrul pummels cinema-goer ‘who had hit his wife’ during Garfield movie screening
THIS is the shocking moment a pro boxer pummels a cinema-goer who reportedly hit his wife during a movie screening.
Antonio Barrul, 25, and his three children were watching “The Garfield Movie” when he spotted a man allegedly beating his wife and a girl.
Dramatic video shows the featherweight boxer walking down the steps to confront the man, seen wearing a black and white hoodie on the stage area.
He goes to walk away, but is repeatedly insulted by the man and decides to confront him.
The pair square off on the stage and Barrul appears to beat the man to the floor.
A woman behind the camera can be heard repeatedly saying “well done” as Barrul pummelled the man in León, Spain, last Thursday.
Following the altercation, the allegedly abusive man was arrested by the police at the cinema and Barrul was asked to leave a statement.
The alleged suspect has so far declined to file a complaint against the boxer for hitting him.
But Barrul still faces an investigation by the Spanish Boxing Federation and could be suspended or stripped of his fighting licence.
The boxer told local media: “He hasn’t filed a complaint, he’s probably not from León as I know everyone here and we all respect each other.”
He claimed: “He hit his wife and a girl. He threatened me and although I do not justify violence, I feel that he forced me into it.
“He was an abuser and had to be stopped. I know violence is never the answer. I’m sorry it happened, I have children and it really hurts me.”
The 25-year-old dad added he is not proud of what he did but said he’d do it again if he “saw a man mistreating a woman like that.”
Barrul is considered one of the most promising boxers in Spain at the moment.
He is a Spanish amateur champion in the featherweight division, and was considered the best professional debutant of 2023.
The boxer has fought five professional bouts with a sixth currently in the works, as reported by NeedToKnow.
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